An article on why building a sense of community for your school is important during a school closure and 4 tips on how to do it.
Accommodations, Modifications, and Intervention at a Distance
An article that provides helpful steps schools can take to support students who have IEPs in remote-learning settings through modifications and interventions.
Formative Assessment in Distance Learning
An article that highlights formative resources including: 24 Digital Tools for Formative Assessment (Global Online Academy) and Clear feedback rules (video from High Tech High)
The Necessity of Having High Expectations
An article providing key reflective questions about rigor including–Are we giving accommodations in students’ zone of proximal development or their comfort zone? Do our accommodations empower students to access more content and higher-level thinking or do they remove learning opportunities? Are scaffolds gradually removed as kids approach independence or do the scaffolds anchor them in …
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The Science of Keeping Kids Engaged—Even From Home
An article that provides ready-to-use choice activities such as, giving students the choice to share their work in the form of a podcast, children’s book, 2- to 3-minute video, art installation, or paper.
Language, Culture, and Teaching: Critical Perspectives
A book offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their classrooms; ideas about how language, culture, and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry.
The Value of Culturally Responsive Teaching in Distance Learning
An article featuring Zaretta Hammond (author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain) and her three suggestions for implementing culturally responsive teaching in the current situation.
How to Be an Antiracist Educator
Resources that include classroom-appropriate lesson plans, guides on how to have tough conversations with peers and students, and more.
Teachers Fold Wildfires and Other Crises Into Lesson Plans
A 7-minute interview with two teachers about bringing current events, including wildfires, protests and the coronavirus, into their teaching.
I Could Be Changing the World Right Now, But Instead I’m Solving for X
An article that provides strategies for educators on designing homework or class assignments that encourage students to connect classwork to their personal life to enhance learning.